I started reading your posts several months ago when I heard about you through a friend. I don't have lots of time to get on the computer but when I do I always stop by your blogs for a few minutes and I find them truly inspirational! I work for the American Red Cross directly with the military. I live and work on military bases around the world. I'm currently stationed at Camp Casey Korea very near the North Korean border. I don't really want to beg for your cookbook but I think it would possibly make our little Christmas dinner that much better. :)

Thanks again for your posts and for letting all of us be a part of your world.

I'm so glad to be able to comment. You are an inspiration to us all. As the mom of three lively boys ages 7 and under, your blog has given me a boost and the perspective I've needed to keep trying each day. You are beautiful, inside and outside. I'd love the book. It looks like a fun one. Please could you send it to a frazzled stay at home mom who needs a little boost at mealtime to get excited about cooking again? :)

I'm just a young mom and housewife trying to be Mrs. Cleaver:) I love to cook and I would love to cook my hardworking Husband and beautiful daughter something yummy from this beautiful cookbook. I would put it to good use!

Oh how I'd love a new cookbook. There is nothing like a beautiful new cookbook to re-jumpstart more homemade dinners. And with our holiday dinner just being my husband, 7 month old, and myself, a new book may be just the motivation I need to actually cook a holiday dinner.

Don't include me in the give-away. I just wanted to say I'm glad that you have one more thing to help you be happy in the kitchen. I think a lot about how happy you were making others happy with your food creations in NJ. . . and how stylish that kitchen was.

Please, please - love cookbooks and I don't think I have any American ones in my collection.I live in Denmark, I read oyur blog every day - and I would love to be inspired from a beatifull american cookbook.

Ok, I really need (and want) this cookbook! PLEASE...when my husband & I got married 10 years ago I even wrote in our vows that I would cook once a week! Haven't kept that part of my vows-mainly because I haven't found a cookbook that stirs my interrest. You could be a saint and help be live up to my vows! Actually I think you are a saint already for the positive attitude you have had throughout this trial (I will still feel this way even if I don't get the cookbook-and by the way I have kept all my other vows!) Not only am I begging you, but my husband is also.

Hi! I am a devoted cook from overseas and just love christmas! I always try to find new inspirations by recipes from other countries.Until now, I never commented on your blog, but it is time to say that I love your writing style and the inspiration in living and cooking you give. All the best for you and your family, especially for your further recovery! Cheers, Feli

Oh Please, please ....please? pick me! I would love to have this awesomely, beautiful book. (And that's just the cover!) Who knows what delectable treats lie just inside waiting to be discovered. I would love to be chosen to be the one to discover them.Kathy

I'm Scottish - am I allowed to enter? 50comments already too, not sure there's much of a chance! Anyway, your blogs are fabulous and you are such an inspiration. I hope you have a great holiday with your family.Jade

Please,please,Pick me!!!Be assured you will make happy a Spanish housewife who is very monotonous in the kitchen (In recent times... )And if the shipping is a problem, I can pay it PLEASE ;-) Bicos (Galician Kisses)(Sorry for my English)

Being a mom of 8, I struggle to find something everyone will eat..I am always trying to find that new recipe(especially at the holidays) to satisfy everyone. On a side note...I SO appreciate you sharing your story with all of us out in cyberland. You are more of an inspiration than you might know. You understand that the God of the mountain is still God in the valley. Praise Him for His faithfulness....

Oh sweetie! I have been looking for a place to leave you a comment and even checked facebook to only find fan pages so this is ultra exciting. I read your dialogues and I just love your style! While reading your story, I love how you really explain that it's not easy, but your faith shines through beautifully! You are inspiring! I'm not saying all of this to get a cookbook...but can I have one?!! Much love!

OK, I was going to beg but I started reading the other comments...so I am begging again for jfbanana7. I have 2 cousins in the military and anyone who helps out on military bases and wants to cook them Christmas dinner with that beautiful cookbook trumps me!Thanks for the blog and all you do to encourage moms around the world!

While I'd love the cookbook...what I'd love more is to be able to comment on your other blog (can I beg for that instead) You have inspired me and I am amazed and fascinated by you. Thanks for being so strong...there's really no question why your life was spared...it's clear to see what you needed to accomplish on this earth...enjoy every minute of your holiday season (sorry to hear about the rotton turn of events on t'giving :(

Dear Miss Stephanie, Larry and I are just home from France. I am overwhelmed with the flavors of macaroons and 6 course Thanksgiving dinners. Please shock me back into the real work with a charming new cookbook.Please?....Toujours.PS:you have had such an exciting autumn. Your beauty and courage inspires us all. Hugs.

Stephanie - I am sucha fan. I stumbled onto your blog one day and went back to the beginning to read from Day 1. Your outook on life is amazing. Your creatvie ideas are wonderful and insipired me. Your husband is adorable and those babies!!!! too cute too precious.Every time you are on tv we watch it. Its' so fun to come back to your blog and see you comment on what went on. I've tried commenting on your main blog before - It's wonderful to be able to speak to you here.

I would be so honored to have this cook book, just because it came from you.

Funny girl, of course I'd like that cookbook a lot. What I'd like even more is a NieNie cookbook. You inspired me to purchase a ton of Anthropologie's colorful bowls --which I've dubbed "nienie bowls". I love your colorful and scrumptious looking photographs on Cuisine Nie. So, think about publishing your own with your own photographs. May God continue to bless your family and provide you with a beautiful, bountiful table.

Hi Nie, I've been a big fan of yours since watching you on Opera. You are such an inspiration. I made a bold move this year and quit my job to be a stay-at-home mom for my beautiful daugther. Making this decision wasn't hard because my heart was with being at home with her but it did result in a big financial sacrifice. So enough said, I would really like this cookbook because I'm just learning how to cook. Yes, it's crazy but I haven't had the time before to prepare a lot of meals so this would give me some recipes and advice on what I can fix for my ever hungry husband and one year old daughter. I have a cookbook my mother lent me but I just really need a good cookbook. So I saw that you were giving one away so I thought I would beg along with the others. Wendy

I will not beg (well, maybe a little ;>) ) - but will enter your giveaway with fingers crossed!! Great interview with Matt Lauer - I even posted about it on my blog. Always enjoy reading your blogs!!!Happy Holidays!!!

I clicked on this link a few days ago when I noticed it for the first time and was really full of the "I wants" when I poked around the site!Now your giving one away, so generous! Please enter me in the drawing~

NieNie-You don't have to pick me, (although fun stuff is always nice), I just want you to continue inspiring me to see beyond and apprciate all that I DO have in life and what I CAN do...rather that what I'm missing out on and what my physical limitations are. May God continue to richly bless you and your family, this Christmas season and into eternity.

Mrs. Nielson (I had to say that just once!) My family needs to eat what the Good Lord gives us and stay away from the commercial poisons we are putting into our bodies. We need that book! You are such an inspiration to all - Thank you for sharing yourself!

I would love a new cookbook just in time for Christmas. In other news, I am so happy I found your blog, it has really changed my view of marriage and family...a boost that was much needed. I thank God for the inspiration that you are! Erika

I just wanted to let you know what a beautiful person you are. You are an amazing woman. I live a street over from your in-laws and my children know Mr. Nielson and some of his brothers. They are an amazing family also. Thank you for your words and your faith and hope. Love to all.

(Channeling my twelve year old...) "Please can I have that cookbook? I really need it. I mean I really, *really* need it. (Flutters the Bambi eyes) If you give me that cookbook I will make something really delicious for you. I will make you breakfast in bed. I will be nice to you *forever* ~ or at least for the rest of the day."

A bit more seriously, my twelve year-old son is becoming an amazing cook - homemade blintzes, omelettes, yummy soup - and this would be a great gift to keep him inspired and learning.

And even more seriously, Nie, thank you for the chance to express my (our) gratefulness to you publicly. You and your family were one of my "things I am thankful for" at this year's Thanksgiving table, and I can't really begin to tell you how much it means to me to have come to know you and Courtney and your families and the incredible love, grace, joy, courage, determination, and silly-pants humor with which you face each day. *SO glad* you are here.Blessings to you and your wonderful family.

Pleeeeeeeeeeeeease pick me. I won't be a master negotiator like my son because he just doesn't let up and I am sure you don't need that with four kids of your own. I would love the chance to have this cookbook for my holiday cooking. But beyond that, I agree wholeheartedly that you have changed my outlook on life also. I try to appreciate the little things in life more and pay more attention to what my kids are saying. You have made by laugh my head off at your kids antics and cry with the pain you probably rarely talk about. Thanks for sharing your life.

Nie how i love your blog and your brave lifei am grateful for this opprtunity to comment coz i cant work out how to do it on your blogim from hobart tasmania australiaand im a latter day saintjust wnated to say i love the Christmas header to your blog sooooo muchhoping you get better soonlv to you and your sweet familyoh and yes i would love the book coz i want the room on the front cover hehe xx:)

Nie, I just love you -it's that simple. How can one love from a far like this well it's easy, you are inspirational, lovely in every way, you love God and see his loving hand in your life. Finally a chance to tell you all this! Love you from Boise - Oh and I would love the cookbook too! Tee Hee!

Wow...lots of people want this book in a big bad way. I've been married for almost 14 years and I am so tired of cooking...I don't like it! However, I guess my kids need to eat. I think eating is a chore. I guess what I am trying to say is that if you choose me, I will cook so my kids and husband don't starve to death this holiday season. I promise. West Georgia needs some good cookin'!

I would love this book as a Christmas gift from you, with an inscription inside! I in return will send you a traditional gift from Wales for you to enjoy. Go on, make my day - its been grim so far!! xx

I am BEGGINGGGGGGG you for this book! PLEASEEEEE. Here's the deal, I am not a good cook. I love to sew, craft, clean, paint, do handy-work, be a mommy to 4, but I can't cook a decent dinner. It is a running joke with my family. I laugh with them, but to be honest, I wish I could pull of a decent meal to show them all! I just told myself, (after I saw the wonderful meal my sister-in-law made at Thanksgiving) that come January, I was going to start cooking, even if I had to take classes. I know I can do it....so, that being said, I would love to have this cookbook! If I am the lucky chosen one, this would be my first "real" cookbook. Sure I have a few Martha Stewart baking ones, and even a few cookbooks for kids, ok, I admit, I only have 4 cookbooks to my name (2 Martha Stewart for baking and 2 kids). So I would treasure this book and it would inspire me. My family would, I am very sure, be eternally grateful! (oh, and did I mention I am having my family here for Christmas???). Thanks for reading and thanks for the opportunity! I love reading your blog!

OOOh this looks fabulous - please count me in as a beggar, although i live abroad in the UK so hope that postage does not put you off. i lived in the USA for a year to study and I miss it so much. Would love to have a cook book to re-create the hospitality and friendliness i encountered in my time there.

Dear Stephanie, I would L-O-V-E this book and to think YOU would be sending it to me... The only begging I know right now sounds like this... "mmmmmoooooooommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmyyyyyyy" and "waaaaaaaaaa, with the sign for more, just to be cute, since he can say more now".... that's it, I hear a 3 year old and 2 year old begging everyday. Best wishes to you! Love, Elizabeth Beesley :)

I just wanted to say hey! I already have this cookbook, got it at blissfest 08. I love it, so fun. I do want to add the 2nd one to my collection. I will have to keep a look out for it! I love ya. Hope today will be a great day.Amie

This is the first time I leave a comment, but I am a big fan of you. So I am going to ask nicely,Could I please win the cookbook? I love to cook but I am not that great of a hostess so this would really help me. Pleeeeeaaaaasee :D

Nie,what a fun idea this is, a cookbook giveaway :)i would love this cookbook. i get frustrated easily in the kitchen...but when you can gather with friends, it's all worth it :)i am aspiring to be more domestic...mastering one meal at a time :)

okay, I am in my begging stance--down on one knee, arms crossed across my chest, bottom lip pouched just slightly, eyelids lowered, head slightly bowed, words of "please pick me" forming on my lips in a plea of longing, not much louder than a whisper for extra emphasis of how much I would love this book. How can you turn such a face down, when I've gone through all that humble effort? Do I need to fall prostate for the final effect or is that overkill? You decide!!! Did I happen to mention how cute your children are? How much I love your posts, feel like I know your family, have laughed and cried over your strength and wit? Well, now you know.

Nie Nie, I saw you on the Today show and have started following your blog. What an inspiration you are... I love your posts and your family and your honesty. I love your sense of humor when I know you must feel otherwise. I'd love to have a cookbook to give to my daughter as a gift :) but more wanted to just tell you how awesome you are.

Begging, begging, begging, begging, and begging again. I soooo would love to have this beautiful book all to myself, cooking for my family, and possibly cooking for you the next time you are in the Windy City of Chicago. I promise to make it a spectacular day filled with family and love, oh, and amazing food.

I read cookbooks for fun. I cook out of necessity - mostly. Except for two occasions. One is the recipe calls for more than 1/2 cup of sugar. Desserts/Baking is a serious form of entertainment and joy for me (and for my family and neighbors!) The second is for the gathering of friends. I love to cook for my friends (and family) for those special occasions. This cookbook is perfectly titled!

I would love to cook for a gathering that included you, Stephanie as I have come to love you as a friend over the years of reading your blog. You are truly an inspiration as a mother, a wife and more recently a survivor. Thank you for your wonderful example of what a true daughter of God is.

As a college student, I have struggled to find a cookbook that will provide healthy and interesting recipes for my roommates and myself that are not on repeat every week. This book would be such a great resource!

Stephanie- I would love this cookbook. I am always looking for some new recipies with which to create holiday traditions- or just a darn good meal!! I enjoy you so much- you have had such a positive impact on me!Blessings!!

You can't see me...but here I am...in my cubicle...in Houston, Texas....on my knees. On.My.Knees. I beg. I plead. Please oh please oh please oh please...send me this pretty cookbook. Let me display it with pride ("Wanna see what THE NieNie sent me?!")...let me cook from it's recipes with trepidation ("Ooooh, what if Stephanie won't like the way I kneaded that bread!")...let me tell the world of your kindness and thoughtfulness and giving spirit ("Why yes, she IS the kindest person I know!").

Pretty pretty please? May I have it? I love reading cookbooks, especially when there are gorgeous pictures of the dishes. It makes me feel like I'm ordering off a menu with the bonus that I am the one cooking the meal.

Dear Nie,I have been a big fan of yours for quite some time. (My husband might try to say he's a bigger fan :} ) I got married 8 months ago and before that I have maybe cooked 5 meals, and just repeated all of them. And as of late I have found a LOVE and PASSION for cooking. I am always looking for new recipe's in magazines and going to the cookbook isle at stores (TJ Max and Ross are my current favorite places for such great finds) I would ever so LOVE having this cookbook for 2 reasons:#1: I would help me excel with my latest passion.#2: Knowing that I got the cookbook from you, and that you use it as well, would be evr so special and 10x cooler than any other cookbook I have!

That is one beautiful cookbook! I bet the recipes are amazing!!! Pretty please, may I have it? We're new to our current home/state and I could really use something to help me "gather friends" more quickly!

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I have been blogging since 2005.
In 2008 My husband and I were in a airplane crash and I was burned over 80% of my body.
I wrote my memoir and New York Times Bestseller, "Heaven is Here".
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